A bill filed Monday could lead to the restoration of North Florida’s Ocklawaha River. 

Lawmakers behind the bill are calling it “their region’s Everglades restoration.”

The Senate version of the bill (SB 1066) was filed by Republican Senator Jason Brodeur and the House version (HB 981) by Republican Representative Wyman Duggan.

The bills would require the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a plan for restoring the Ocklawaha River, which is a tributary of the St. Johns River, to a “natural, free-flowing state” by 2032…